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Donald Trump comes out as a lukewarmer

That’s the view of the GWPF at least. The New York Post has it as ‘Trump seems to be changing his mind on climate change.’ Another case of watering down the rhetoric?

Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his earlier statements that climate change was a “hoax” invented by the Chinese and said there was some connection between the climate and human activity.

“I think there is some connectivity. Some, something. It depends on how much,” Trump told reporters from the New York Times during a meeting at the paper’s Midtown offices.

“Clean air is vitally important,” he said, according to a series of live tweets by Times staffers.

In response to a question, the president-elect also said he was considering whether to withdraw from the Paris agreement on reducing greenhouse gases. “I’m looking at it very closely. I have an open mind to it,” Trump said, while adding that he was also considering “how much it will cost our companies” and affect US competitiveness.

As with everything regarding Donald Trump, it’s a negotiation. What you are seeing now are trial balloons being floated as to what the US voters will tolerate in back tracking. My suggestion to all US citizens and those of you who are not who want to see an end to the Global Warming Scam is to pop the balloon by using visceral reactions.

I never took his comments about China literally. It’s how he talks. I took it more as pointing out how much the “agreements” work so much in China’s favour, as if it could have been invented by them.

Trump has also said that he thinks global warming is real, but exaggerated, and not worth all the fuss, it it is worth any attention at all. This is the same as my view, and large numbers of other skeptics. All the ‘denier’ stuff came from the usual suspects.

oldbrew, thanks for responding
My opinion is that CO2 is doing nothing to affect the climate right now. My point is that if climate equals 30 years of weather, then surely the nighttime average temperature increase of approximately 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit is proof that humans affect climate. No? Most people, if they accept that fact, think human induced climate change is good.
/It’s not sarcasm if it’s true

This is actually very reassuring, according to the full text of this clash of warmist doommongers and the president-elect. He refers to Climategate “these horrible emails”. Clearly, we can look forward to Trump with a lot more reassurance now!
This is simply more spin, more lies.

Nigel Farage is looking way too submissive and naive bowing to US deception.

This devilish “lukewarmer” signal demands a prompt concession. The timeline for #1 (now 6 years overdue) needs acceleration. Perhaps trust can be restored with decisive action before Christmas.

It’s fatally naive having all the global stability eggs in a problem-gambler’s basket.

Let’s have some good fun while promoting sober second thought…

If the accelerated schedule for #1 cannot be met before Christmas then I advise that Russia & China simply reverse the US election result to clarify that an opportunity has been fatally blown. Maybe if Trump can’t prove ability to focus to get the 2 key things done, then he isn’t needed…

I suggest with Trump like any other political leader you have to look at the actions more than the words. All we have so far really is appointments, unless you count things like an invitation to Farage as action.
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Meanwhile consider this claim…

One of the biggest mistakes made by George W. Bush was not submitting the Kyoto Protocol on climate change for Senate ratification. Kyoto had been negotiated by Bill Clinton, but he didn’t submit it to the Senate because he knew it would be rejected. Because he failed to submit the agreement to the Senate, Bush got blamed for unilaterally walking away from it. Trump can avoid the same mistake by sending the Paris Agreement to the Senate with a recommendation to reject it. This would put the onus on the Senate to act.

Heartland Institute President Joe Bast had this to say about the full transcript of Trump’s meeting: “This is reassuring. The Left wants to drive wedges between Trump and his base by spinning anything he says as “retreating from campaign promises.” But expressing nuance and avoiding confrontation with determined foes who buy ink by the barrel is not retreating.”

This push-relent, push-relent, is a negotiation tactic of making a deal. Watch a pro work! This much different then the demand and then settle for middle ground tactic of politicians to find middle ground. By the time Trump settles with them, the left will gladly give him his original demands…pg

Alan Carlin: Why Climate/Energy Will Be the Real Test of the Trump Administration

Corporate America provides very little financial or even ideological support for climate/energy skeptics even though their fate is very much dependent on the efforts by volunteers and a very few paid supporters to carry the burden of defending science, free enterprise, and economic progress against the deliberately misinformed green loonies.

Donald Trump’s election victory provides the best opportunity that is likely to occur to push back against the green lobby before they assume permanent control of the climate/energy policy area and with it the continued survival of the free enterprise system in the US and the fossil fuels that provide the energy that make a modern economy function.